Definitions
Etymologies
- From Sanskrit (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In a sermon in Banaras (Varanasi), he symbolised it by giving her the mark of the bindu (O, i.e. a drop or a dot in form of a circle) now called bindi, to married woman.”
“It's a super summer crop and grows best where it's sultry -- Africa, India (where it's known as bindi, or lady fingers), the Middle East, Turkey and Greece (where they all call it bamia) the Caribbean, South America -- and in the American South.”
The Huffington Post: Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Okra and Other Native Americans
“January 2009, she sported a "bindi" (vermillion mark on forehead) during her trip to India when she also visited Taj Mahal with husband Danny Moder.”
“bindi' on her recent trip to the Taj Mahal in Agra.”
“In India, We play stick the bindi on the bollywood star.”
“Charlie and Swanson were talking to that group of serious-looking men and the woman—was she actually wearing a bindi?”
“We entered a huge hall in a Church which had been transformed into a dance studio, and were greeted by a beautiful lady with radiant black hair, big brown eyes, a long red bindi and a warm smile.”
“Why is no one proposing banning all those as well as that most visible of symbols, the Hindu bindi or dot on the forehead?”
The Huffington Post: Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.: Why Single Out Muslim Women?
“I mean, when I was little, I remember non-Indians wearing red bindi dots on their foreheads.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bindi’.
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justin's Words
braii, boerewors, lekker, viva, pap, lipodystrophy, lacticacidosis, sharp, chakalaka, defaulter, eish, oof and 256 more...
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annoying little words used against me...
yirr, defi, recce, bindi, ose, ani, eng, sloid, orle, voe, aine, ansa and 23 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bindi.
madmouth I believe she is being specifically exploited by her mother (who, I have heard, is also looking to convert steve-o's animal conservation centers into theme parks) May 24, 2009
yarb There was a craze for bindi-spots when I was a teen. All the cool kids had one. Felt tip, natch. Aug 5, 2008
dontcry She's totally being exploited. It makes me sick. Aug 5, 2008
bilby I can't see how a child under 10, recently bereaved of parent, can give meaningful consent to have her likeness used for a mass-marketed talking doll. Aug 4, 2008
sakhalinskii I don't think she's being exploited per se... Aug 4, 2008
bilby Yes, Bindi Irwin, now being hopelessly exploited by the Irwin industry.
There's a native grass known as bindi. It has a very nasty burred seed called a bindi-eye. That's why I thought the racehorse name was kinda funny, given the sire was Ouch. A bindi-eye is fierce enough to puncture a bicycle tyre; plenty of deflated experience there :-( Aug 4, 2008
sionnach Isn't Bindi the daughter of the late crocodile-wrestling guy? Aug 4, 2008
bilby Buriton (NZ)-Ouch(Kaaptive Edition (NZ)) FOALED :13/11/03 Aug 4, 2008
rolig "a small colored ornamental dot worn in the middle of a woman's forehead, esp. Hindu and sometimes Sikh" - Webster's New Millennium Dictionary.
So that's what it's called. Feb 19, 2008